Improvement in machines for placing capsules on bottles



W. T. MOFFATT.

MACHINE FOR PLACING CAPSULES ON BOTTLES. .N 133,193 Patented Oct.10.1876.

JAMES ROSGOOD 25x; CC BQSTQN UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. MOFFATT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES E. BARNETT,OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR PLACING CAPSULES ON BOTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,193, dated October10, 1876; application filed March 27, 1876.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. MOFFATT, of New York city, county andState of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Machines forPlacing Capsules on Bottles, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide for a cheaply and readilyconstructed machine, by aid of which the commonly-used capsules or capsof tin may be placed over the top and neck of any kind of bottles morequickly, cheaper, and better than can be done by the heretobefore-knownmethods.

My invention consists of constructing a suitable frame, having twovertical parallel sides, between which are placed, at suitable distanceapart, two axles, revolving horizontally in journals in the verticalsides of the frame. The axles form the center of indiarubber rollers,which are securely fastened to size to allow the neck of a bottle to bepushed in between the opening thus formed by the groove and rollers.

In order to give the neck of the bottle a place to rest on when operatedupon, a third and smaller roller is placed also on an axle in the samemanner as the two other rollers immediately under and between the same.The two larger rollers are revolved by gear-wheels fastened to the endsof the axles, outside of one of the vertical sides, said gear-wheelsmeshing into a third gear-wheel placed below the others, and fastened toan axle running through both sides of the frame, and revolving insuitable journals therein. A crank placed on the end of this axle, onthe same side as the gear-wheels, serves to give rotation to the axlesand the grooved rollers.

In order to operate the machine, it is only required to turn the crankuntil the two forementioned grooves in the upper rollers come oppositeeach other. The bottle to be capped, after the capsule-cap is put onloosely over the top of the neck, is then grasped by the hand at theside and bottom, and the capped neck is then pushed into the spaceformed between the walls of the grooves in the two rollers and the topof the small roller beneath them.

An opening of sufficient size is provided for in' the side of the frame,in order to readily place the bottle in the space between the rollers.The crank, being turned, revolves the two upper rollers, the sides ofwhich are pressing on the capsule on the neck of the bottle all around,and causes also the bottle to revolve, while the third smaller rollerrevolves on account of the revolving motion given to the neck of thebottle when pressing against the top of the roller.

The capsule or cap is also made to be smoothed evenly down on the top ofthe cork placed in the opening of the neck, by pushing the bottle so farin between the rollers that the end of the capsule or cap comes againstthe inner side of the vertical wall, opposite the opening through whichthe bottleneck is introduced into the forementioned space between therollers.

In order to describe my invention more fully, I refer to theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

Figure I represents a side view of a machine embodying my invention,with part of the outer casing removed. Fig. II is a plan sectional viewof the same through line a; m, Fig. I.

A is the frame, with the two vertical sides a. and a, in which areinserted the journals b b for the axles c c of the grooved rollers D D,and for the axle e of the gear-wheel f and the crank g, and also for theaxle h of the small roller 1. K K are the grooves in the rollers D D. LL are the gear-wheels, fastened to the axles cc, and meshing into thegear-wheel f. M is the hole or opening in the vertical side a, throughwhich the neck of the bottle is inserted in the space between the wallsof the grooves K K and the small roller I.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to claim- A machine forcapping bottles, consisting of the grooved rollers D D and the roller I,all operated as described, in combination with the frame A,substantially as set forth.

This specification signed this 14th day of August, 1875.

WILLIAM T. MOFFATI.

Witnesses Brennan GERNER, W. RiiBsAMEN.

